Category Archives: Austin

Austin Bohras Partner with Local Church for Park Clean-Up

On Saturday May 15th, the Dawoodi Bohras of Austin and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints met in Windermere Park, Pflugerville to clean up the park, creek and Gilleland Creek Trail. At the heels of Earth Day, both communities felt that it was important to help out. Mubaraka Malbari, representative for the Dawoodi…

We Speak to Jewelry Entrepreneur Mariya Amijee of our Austin Community

Mariya Amijee traces her roots toHyderabad, India. She moved to the United States when she was 10 and spent most of her years in St Louis Missouri. In 2015, she moved to Austin, Texas, after her marriage and cites faith and society as two cornerstones that have bolstered her ambitions- in her own words, “they’re…

DAWOODI BOHRA COMMUNITY UNITES IN COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORT

Khadija Motiwala, a member of the local Dawoodi Bohra community, creates masks with her sewing machine for the congregation to donate to Williamson County’s Mask Brigade. Donations are distributed by the organization to at-risk workers in the county. Statesman News Network and Community Impact Newspaper With help from its members, Austin’s Dawoodi Bohras have joined…